Australian Cookin

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I don't recall ever eating a meal that someone claimed to be Australian. What are some good Australian cookin recipes? Authentic recipes. I don't really think Outback Steakhouse is for real, so what do you guys have? Whether it be on the grill or in the stove, let's hear it. Aboriginal food? - as long as it doesn't include grasshoppers, i'm game.
 
We claim that the Meat Pie is Australian 'tucker'. Or perhaps, Vegemite! Lammingtons, Pavlova (which is apparently originally Kiwi), Anzac biscuits, and damper, which is a type of sweet bush bread are other types of Aussie food. Whenever I think of traditional Aboriginal food, I think of witchetty grubs. Many Restaurants claim to serve 'Modern Australian Cuisine'. Whatever the hell that is...

Here's a recipe for lamingtons. They're an Aussie favourite. Lamingtons drives are often held for fundraising.
https://www.readersdigest.com.au/lamingtons-recipe

One for damper- Often cooked in a camp oven, on a bed of coals round a camp fire (with a sprinkling of coals on the lid also)
https://www.aussiecooking.com.au/cook/recipes/451/Damper/

And here's one for ANZAC biscuits. Traditionally made during WWI i believe.
https://www.taste.com.au/recipes/15770/chewy+anzac+biscuits

Here's a cooking conversion website, in case your scales don't have a metric option.
https://www.convert-me.com/en/convert/cooking

Regards,

Joel
 
Here is an old Aussie Holden ad. Its got some good Aussie symbols and meanings in it. One of my all time favorite ads :)

"We love Football, Meat pies, Kangaroos and Holden Cars!"

[ame="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s4Ic3RqPIJo"]YouTube - Holden Ad from the 70's[/ame]
 
Reminds me to add kangaroo and crocodile to the Aussie menu. I've had neither. I have had damper, which is ok but I reckon over rated. Love lamingtons if done right too. I think we're a bit like Americans- we really don't have much that is really our own, just what we started with from the British. Fortunately, we have added some international cuisine like Italian, Chinese et al. But tonight I'm have a T- bone steak and on the weekend a roast leg of lamb. British food is like German food- bland and boring, but with more flavour. The traditional meat and 2 veg was standard fair here for decades, but chicken has now overtaken beef as the top selling meat. My vegetarian mates are too busy fending off rabbits to tell me what they eat! :raz:
 
I have only been to the Aussie Outback Steakhouse- and there is noting outback about it. Outback cooking is as much about how it is cooked as anything
 
Looks like a good startin place for me.. The meat pies actually sound alot like what we call "pot pies", except the crust sounds like it's done a bit diff. Yeah, not sure but i think the only thing we can call our own is the hamburger & hot dog. Here in Texas though we have our own blend called TexMex. Basically mexican food with a gringo twist. Hot & spicy meats, salsa's, beans & wrap it up in a tortilla! What most call mexican here is nothing like what they actually eat down in mexico.

Rally, i've read about your lamb on here when you guys are out on the trail.. You should share with us :biggrin:
 
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Well, if you're here on the 7th May you can share it with the rest of us! A bit (5-10mm) of water and rosemary in a camp oven and you're set. Oh, and don't forget the spuds!
 
Kangaroo is where its at. Roo tail stew mmmm the BEST!!!

Roo tail is one of the healthiest means in the world (because they use the tail muscles to jump) plus tastes absolutely amazing.
 
I spent 6 months living in the outback (Pilbara, near the Canning Stock Route). Lived in a swag out of my 4WD with a bunch of local Aboriginal elders. All we did all day was explore, hunt and eat. Ate all sorts of native animals and the large Goannas were by far the best meat I've had in the outback. I've eaten crocs (taste like crap unless they're wild), bush turkeys, kangaroos, all sorts of snakes, camels, horse, dingo, grubs and insects...but the best thing was the Goanna.

Catch the big ones, remove the organs without cutting it open. You do this with hooked sticks up the arse or down the mouth. Throw it on the fire to burn the skin off then bury it in the hot coals/sand for 30 minutes. My god...best white meat you'll ever taste :D
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Having said that...kangaroo tail, roasted on the coals isn't bad either :)
Next time I'm up North I'm taking a crossbow and I'm gonna bag some goats.

I always found with kangaroo and crocodile meat, it has to be fresh otherwise I reckon it taste terrible. Farmed crocodile taste like chicken...because that's all they eat. Wild crocodile is a mix between chicken and fish. Kangaroo meat...I can only eat if I've killed it myself...or if it's VERY fresh. Taste disgusting otherwise.
 
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Well hell, i just found a place online i could purchase Kangaroo meat here in the US (imported from down unda) for $15-$20 a pound! Unfortunately, they are all sold in 10-12lb packages......... Not ready to fork out $230 for some juicy Kangaroo loin, although it does sound good!
Kangaroo Meat in the US
 
We can always send over the next bit of road kill we come across- as long as you don't mind flicking out bits of glass, paint and plastic
 
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We can always send over the next bit of road kill we come across- as long as you don't mind flicking out bits of glass, paint and plastic
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:lol: Appreciate the gesture! I'll have to take that one & put it in my pocket for the next time i get a' hankering for kangaroo meat.
 
Aussie parrot stew

An old 19th century 'bushies' recipe:
Parrot stew.
1. Pluck a parrot and put it in a pot of water with a large river stone.
2. Bring to the boil and simmer.
3. When the stone is soft throw away the parrot and eat the stone!
 
I've never had it but I'm told it's nice. But then some people like lambs fry and snails and raw meat so who do you trust
 
Hey Barry, I've got a very similar receipe for Javalina. HaHa, hadn't thought of that in awhile.
 
I might be able to help a bit.. as I lived in in the States for 4 years and actually found it really hard to adjust to the food there... I put on like 15kg in the first 2 years and then proceeded to lose about 20kg in the 3rd and 4th years! haha (probably due to me having a Brazilian acrobat friend pushing me to get healthy ;)
One thing they don't have over there is our style of sausages.... they have so many types over there, from the humble hot dog (which you should never eat for health reasons - trust me) to polish kielbasa.
I worked in a Brazilian restaurant in Florida and they even had Aussie Rump imported because it's the best for their "Picanha"
anyway..
I started making Meat pies at home because they think savoury pie is weird. Sausage Rolls also aren't there.
Custard is not there... we had a visiting friend bring over custard powder!
Works Burgers... this is something they find weird, with fried egg, mushroom, beetroot (pickled beets - very aussie), pineapple and well... anything you can find to slap on the bun!
Kebabs - although not "australian" I think for a country only 200 years old we can adopt some things... USA have something similar called Gyros (heros) but ours are definitely different and better IMO.
Ginger Beer!! They have what we call ginger ale and I did find in the World Market, cartons of Bundaberg ginger beer! so I grabbed a couple of slabs... I also found the West Indians make the same stuff, although usually a LOT stronger and burnier... hah

That's all i can think of for now
 
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